Bridge of Sighs

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a bridge in Venice across which prisoners were formerly led for trial in the ducal palace.

Bridge of Sighs

a covered 16th-century bridge in Venice, between the Doges' Palace and the prisons, through which prisoners were formerly led to trial or execution

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In 2022, The Batman used Glasgow Cathedral, the Necropolis and the Bridge of Sighs to create Gotham City, which is based on New York.

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He proposed on a gondola at Venice’s Bridge of Sighs in September 2014 and they were married the following year.

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Tourists chatter as a punt floats down the River Cam, under the Bridge of Sighs, past St John's College.

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It was filmed at locations around the Necropolis, Glasgow Cathedral and the Bridge of Sighs which links the two, in February 2020.

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As we gazed upon the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, he promised more adventures as he proposed.

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